Chapter 501: Word of Mouth Explodes
readx;? Before the premiere of "Three Fools", it has been screened in many universities, and during the screening, the students cried and laughed, and the response was very enthusiastic, as if they had been beaten with chicken blood. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 Therefore, Zhang Ran and the actors are more relaxed and are not worried about the audience's dislike.
The process of the film screening is almost the same as the screening, the audience sometimes applauds and laughs, sometimes whispers and cries, the only difference is that the students who participated in the premiere are too familiar with the scenes in the movie, and at the beginning of the screening, from time to time people say "Ah, this is the xx floor", "This is the xx", but as the story develops, everyone enters the story, and the discussion never appears again.
At the end of the 120-minute film, the auditorium burst into applause and cheers. Thousands of viewers shouted "Zhang Ran" and "Zhang Ran" in unison, and the popularity was comparable to that of a superstar concert. Xiamen University students are very excited, not because Zhang Ran is famous, nor because the movie was made at Xiamen University, but because the whole movie was made to everyone's voice and say what everyone wants to say the most.
Media reporters and film critics are also a little excited, they have long heard that "Three Fools" is very good, but after watching the movie, they found that the whole movie is even better than they imagined, and this movie really poked into everyone's heart.
"Let's go on stage and thank you to the audience!" Zhang Ran said with a smile on his face, and then walked onto the stage.
Jia Milk Liang and several of their leading actors nodded, and followed Zhang Ran to the stage with excitement.
The audience who were still applauding saw Zhang Ran and them on stage, so they applauded even harder, using applause to express their support and love for the movie. Hearing the shouts of the audience, Zhang Ran and the actors all smiled and raised their hands, in exchange for more enthusiastic applause.
The applause lasted for nearly ten minutes before the audience gradually dispersed.
Walking out of the cinema, many people are still reminiscing about the details of the movie and discussing it enthusiastically.
"It's really touching, it's the best movie I've seen this year. The film is not only an indictment of all education systems, but also a thought-provoking inspirational film. ”
"Yes, I am very inspired after watching the movie, this era is very much in need of such inspirational movies, so that everyone can see that even if you stick to your ideals, you can survive, because people really can't be manipulated like chess pieces, they should have their own choices. ”
"When I first heard the name of the movie, I was worried that it was the kind of low-level fun and boring comedy movie, but after thinking about it, Zhang Ran would definitely not make a movie with any connotation. Now after reading it, I am not disappointed, and I am so moved!"
The media reporters did not rush to leave, and after the premiere, the crew had a simple press conference to be interviewed by the media.
Zhang Ran is the focus of the media's attention, and the reporters threw questions to him as soon as they came up: "Director Zhang, "Bursting Drummer" is the opposite of "Three Fools", in "Bursting Drummer", you tell everyone that you must work hard, you must work hard, and only hard work can you succeed." And in "The Three Fools", you have opposition to utilitarian education, opposition to cramming education. Which is your point of view? You're also a teacher, and I don't know what your educational philosophy is?"
Zhang Ran looked at the students around him and smiled: "The things about the two movies are not opposites, but are one. There is no contradiction between striving and opposing cramming education and pursuing the meaning of life. Yu Bo in the movie is a genius, but he is also very hard-working, and if he doesn't work hard, it is absolutely impossible to succeed. When it comes to the concept of education, I expect students to become excellent actors, but to become excellent actors, you must have good acting skills, if you don't have the goods, you can't get a good role, so I am very strict when training them, probably the strictest of all the teachers at Nortel. ”
"Director Zhang, "Wuji" directed by Brother Chen has now exceeded 100 million at the box office, and according to this trend, it will definitely exceed 200 million, you were the champion of the Chinese New Year file last year, are you under pressure?"
"This movie is a graduation work made for our students, mainly I hope you can get to know the students in our class in the film, they are all very good and very cute, I hope you can like them. I don't have much expectations for the box office, as long as I don't lose money!"
"Have you watched "Wuji" directed by Brother Chen Kai, what do you think of this movie?"
"Today is the premiere of "Three Fools", and it is better not to mention other films. ”
"So can you predict the box office of "Three Fools"?"
"I think it should be able to break 100 million!"
The reporters present pouted, and no one believed the answer.
Please, you're the box office record holder for Chinese movies, why are you pretending to be low-key?
Zhang Ran is an old Jianghu, and the media can't dig up anything fierce from him, so they turn the gun and prepare to dig up news from Jia Niliang and Bai Ling. However, they obviously miscalculated, the students in Zhang Ran's class are not flowers in the greenhouse, they followed Zhang Ran to the Venice Film Festival, went to Hollywood, and lived in the crew with many domestic and foreign celebrities, and responded freely to reporters' questions, showing good cultivation and demeanor.
The media and reporters present were amazed in their hearts, Zhang Ran taught these students really well, they want to have an image, they want to talk and talk, and they want to have acting skills.
Early the next morning, almost all the newspapers and magazines in the entertainment section of the country were attacked by "Three Fools", and the reports were overwhelming.
""Three Fools" Movie Viewing Notes: Tears of joy and tears are very beneficial!"
"Zhang Ran, the new banner of Chinese films!"
"There are tears in laughter, Zhang Ran told Feng Xiaogang what is a high-level comedy!"
""Three Fools": A clear spring in the Chinese film market where bad movies are horizontal!"
The media was overwhelmingly praised, but anyone who watched the premiere was full of praise for the film.
"Beijing Entertainment Daily" is naturally no exception, the title of the article is "Three Fools Make a Mess in Bollywood" Teachers and Students Should Watch", the article sings praises to Zhang Ran at the same time, and analyzes the movie in combination with reality.
"It's been a long time since I've seen such a classic movie, if Jiang Wen's "Sunny Days" is about the youth of the post-60s, then "Three Fools" is about the youth of the post-70s and post-80s. This movie is really too Chinese, our parents are all looking forward to Jackie Chan, they must enter Tsinghua Peking University, and if they don't enter Tsinghua Peking University, it will be a failure. The dean of the university told the freshmen on the first day of enrollment that survival is a race, full speed ahead!
According to a recent survey conducted by China Youth Daily, the majority of respondents felt that they had little to gain when talking about their university life. From this report, it seems that the disappointment of the general public, or college students themselves, with university education can be seen more concretely. The ivory tower in our hearts in college was once the dream of many people, but why do so many people regret it after graduation? I think it has to do with what we're learning for. Nowadays, many college students choose majors for interest, and they are basically determined by the persuasion of society, parents and friends, so that many students do not understand the basic knowledge such as Chinese history and geography after graduation, and they do not know where to use the professional knowledge although they know it.
Yu Bo, the male protagonist in the movie, questioned this cramming education, saying that even a circus lion can learn to sit on a stool under the deterrence of a leather whip, but would you call the lion well-trained or well-educated? Yu Bo thinks what we think, and what he does is what we want to do. The only difference may be that he did it, and most of us don't have the courage to do that. ”
"Beijing Times" believes that "Three Fools" has opened up a new genre of Chinese comedy, and it is a reversal of vulgar comedy such as "The Great Sage of Love". The article wrote: ""Three Fools" is a comedy, with a lot of plots and lines that make people laugh, but it is far beyond a comedy, and I can't think of the right words to describe it. I asked the others at the end of the premiere, and almost all of them said that they were in tears, like a fool, crying and laughing. Laughter and tears are the highest level of comedy films, and since Chaplin's time, movies have begun to look for a playful way to refer to reality, which can often move people most inadvertently. I don't dare to say how classic "Three Fools" is, but it is definitely not comparable to the vulgarity of domestic comedy, the humor between words is rooted in this film, and laughter is born naturally. ”
Of course, there are also murmurs, such as "Xinjing Daily", which have a grudge against Zhang Ran, although they did not receive Zhang Ran's invitation and failed to attend the premiere, but one article after another criticizing "Three Fools" was still released. "Xinjing Daily" excerpted some bad reviews from overseas media and put them together to publish an article titled ""Three Fools" Receives Bad Reviews in North America".
However, Zhang Ran's first few movies have laid a good foundation in the minds of the audience, and everyone doesn't believe that he will make bad movies, and many viewers who have watched the screening are saying that the movie is good, so these bad reviews have no effect, and countless people are looking forward to the release of the movie.
On December 23, "Three Fools" and "Thousands of Miles to Ride Alone" were released nationwide at the same time. The film schedule of "Three Fools" has reached 45%, the film schedule of "Wuji" has reached 28%, and the film schedule of "A Thousand Miles to Ride Alone" is only 21%. This amount of film scheduling made Zhang Weiping jump to his feet with anger, scolding the theater for not being righteous and giving himself too few films.
However, "Three Fools" did not disappoint the theaters, and the movie theaters across the country were crowded. The media interviewed the audience who bought the tickets and found that almost all of the audience came for "Three Fools", and when interviewed the audience who watched the movie, the vast majority of them were full of praise.
As groups of viewers walked into the cinema, the entire Internet was talking about the movie.
"After watching "Three Fools", I didn't hesitate to rank it as the best movie of the year. Regarding the serious topic of education and life, in the director's light-hearted and humorous ridicule, I couldn't stop laughing at all, of course, after laughing, it was more thoughtful. ”
"It feels a bit like 'Dead Poets,' but 'Three Fools' is much better. When I saw "Dead Poets Society", I felt a little like sleeping when I saw it, and I always watched "Three Fools"!"
"Jia Milk Liang is going to be popular now, I liked him when I was in "Yangmen Tiger General", and I thought Yang Liulang was handsome at that time. As a result, I haven't seen him act much since then, and this time Yu Bo is simply handsome! God, please give me a Yu Bo!"
"What kind of play did Bai Ling, who is called Ye Mei, act in before? I like her so much!"
Netizens are one-sided praise, in addition to the movie and Zhang Ran, Jia Niliang, Cao Bingkun, Bai Ling have all received a lot of praise, and netizens feel that they have played the roles in the movie.
"Three Fools" did not waste its own film schedule, relying on the support of the audience and good reputation, it fought its way out of the siege of "Wuji" and "No Thieves in the World", and achieved a box office of 20.45 million on the first day. (To be continued.) )